Sacraments (101)
  1. What I was missing—what so many are missing—is a Church that doesn’t just speak about Christ, but delivers him.
  2. The Church needs mystics again. Not fringe figures, but saints ablaze with love.
  3. When you remember your baptism, you're not recalling a ritual. You're standing under a current of divine action that has not ceased to flow since the moment those baptismal waters hit your skin.
  4. Kleinig continually directs the reader's attention to Christ and his gifts.
  5. Lent isn't simply a season. It's the Christian life in microcosm.
  6. Jesus satisfies, fills, and saves because he is the Son of God, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns forever.
  7. In the liturgy, Christ is present, self-giving, and ever-addressing his people.
  8. The liturgy ensures that the gospel is never something inward, merely a thought or sentiment of the believer.
  9. The gospel is his weapon that beats back the darkness — “I AM the Resurrection and the Life. Bow your head, bend the knee when I walk by.”
  10. Symbols throw together a physical artifact we can see, hear, touch, taste, and/or smell, with a truth beyond the tangible.
  11. This week, when you go to church, take a moment to reflect that you are being summoned by a loving Father, hands full of gifts he wants to give.
  12. Elsewhere makes promises that can’t be kept, but God’s promises are secure, reliable, and certain.
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